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13 years ago
It's been over six years since I first wrote this list, time to refresh it! (Note: Yeah, these are not all automatically bad, but just know they're really really over-used right now!)
The Thirteen Cheesy Web Comic Plot Lines.
(New additions in Italics!)
Your characters have a large meal, wherein one of them eats a surprising amount of food.
Your characters engage in a competitive sporting activity, are bad at it, and make many stupid mistakes during play.
Your character uses a lot of energy drink to avoid sleeping.
You introduce characters from another web comic for the sole purpose of cross promotion.
You introduce your first female character, and they fall in love with a male character within a week.
Female love interest of male character undergoes some tragedy, so male character can have a moment of pathos.
Your characters clean the fridge and find something alive.
Your character has a short term period of induced mania, causing property damage and threat to life, but has no long term consequences.
Your characters play a Role Playing Game, and we shift to being in that world.
Your character has to cope with a stupid customer in a work place situation.
Your character breaks the fourth to respond to a really stupid comment you received about a previous comic.
Your characters break suspension of disbelief to point out they are in a comic.
Suddenly Ninjas.
The Thirteen Cheesy Web Comic Plot Lines.
(New additions in Italics!)
Your characters have a large meal, wherein one of them eats a surprising amount of food.
Your characters engage in a competitive sporting activity, are bad at it, and make many stupid mistakes during play.
Your character uses a lot of energy drink to avoid sleeping.
You introduce characters from another web comic for the sole purpose of cross promotion.
You introduce your first female character, and they fall in love with a male character within a week.
Female love interest of male character undergoes some tragedy, so male character can have a moment of pathos.
Your characters clean the fridge and find something alive.
Your character has a short term period of induced mania, causing property damage and threat to life, but has no long term consequences.
Your characters play a Role Playing Game, and we shift to being in that world.
Your character has to cope with a stupid customer in a work place situation.
Your character breaks the fourth to respond to a really stupid comment you received about a previous comic.
Your characters break suspension of disbelief to point out they are in a comic.
Suddenly Ninjas.
